Spending Update - July 2018

I'm happy to report we finally had another month where we came in well under budget. Read on to see the details.

Spending Update - June 2018

Sorry for the lack of posts recently and the delay in our June spending update. It's proving to be a busy summer and I'm struggling to find time to blog. I can't really complain though; being busy due to fun family activities and travel isn't the worst problem to have. Anyway, here's what our spending looked like in June.

Spending Update - May 2018

I'm happy to report we came in under budget for the second month in a row, even with quite a bit of expensive travel. Read on to see the details.

Spending Update - April 2018

It's been a long time coming, but we finally have some good news to share on our monthly spending report! Read on to see the details.

Spending Update - March 2018

I'm sad to say I failed to blog last week, but I have a good excuse, which I will get into below. This week I'm back on track with our latest monthly spending update.

Back to Budget Basics - Our Revised 2018 Monthly Budget

In our last post about our February spending, I mentioned some issues with our budgeting system and suggested I would update the budget to fix them. It was bothering me quite a bit, so I went ahead and tweaked the budget. Read on to see what it looks like.

Spending Update - February 2018

It might be a little late, but it's time for our second monthly spending report. We did pretty well last month except for one big expense. Read on to get the details.

Our Budget Helps Us Spend More, Not Less

The vast majority of people who have created a budget for themselves did so to help limit their spending, or in other words, help them spend less. Fortunately, we have never really had a problem with spending too much, so when we were working, we never had a budget we tried to stick to. Now that we're "retired" we do have a budget, but I created it more to help us spend than to save. Read on to learn what I'm talking about.

Spending Update - January 2018

Just over a year ago, I claimed I would start doing monthly spending reports. That didn't happen, and I'm going to blame it on 2017 being a very busy year. However, this year is shaping up to be a lot more relaxed, so I'm going to try to get monthly reports up. I'm off to a good start with the January report, although our spending is off to a bad start. Read on to see the numbers.

2017 Spending Report

Now that we've all had our champagne and welcomed the new year, it's time for the best part of the previous year ending--tallying up our spending from that year and analyzing it to death. Our year-end post was pretty weak last year because we were ridiculously busy with a variety of things, but this one will be much better. Read on to see how much we spent in 2017.

Our Updated Budget and 2017 First-Half Spending

Remember when I said I would have more time to blog after quitting my job? That has proven to be false. It turns out I'm much busier now than I have ever been at any of my real jobs, so finding time to blog has been a challenge. I am trying to post, but continuing to get settled into our new house has occupied an inordinate amount of my time. Our 17 month old child is another big distraction, but one I wouldn't give up for the world. Anyway, I've finally found the time to put together a post, and it is pretty interesting (at least to me), detailing our updated budget and spending for the first half of this year.

2016 Spending Report

I must be a personal finance geek, because I've been excited about this post for quite some time. I kept wishing for the year to end just so I could tally up all of our expenses. I will probably do this monthly going forward, both for your entertainment and to make sure we are sticking somewhat close to our budget. On to the numbers...